One hundred years ago, a group of women, Mrs. Adler, Mrs. Anstice, Mrs. Bentley, Mrs. Book, Mrs. Frankenstein, Mrs. Meyers, Mrs. Townson, Mrs. Wiley, and Mrs. Wolf, started a new school. It was "to be democratic...and cooperative, with the parents and teachers running it together." The new school opened in the summer of 1917 with 10 students located in a house on Oxford Street. In 1924, The Harley School was officially named, taking the first three letters and last three letters of Mrs. Harriet Bentley's name.
Join us in celebrating Harley's rich history and traditions, the oustanding academic and social achievements, and the bright future we are building for our leaders of tomorrow.
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Send us your photos and stories!
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We are collecting photos and stories from our alumni, alumni parents, and friends to help us build the Centennial website, history wall, and archive collection of the school. I ask you to think about the following phrases:
Become What Thou Art
Joy In Learning
Caring Community
Consider the commitment to personal and individual development that is the foundation of a Harley education, the values that encourage the students to make this world a better place, and the early progressive education principles the founding mothers used to start our School. Consider these phrases and send me a photo and a story that, in your mind, represents Become What Thou Art, Joy In Learning, or Caring Community at Harley. Please include names, years, and description for all photographs and send them to: Karen Saludo at The Harley School, 1981 Clover Street, Rochester, NY 14618 or [email protected].
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Help us celebrate our first 100 years
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In early January we sent out a Centennial mailing to encourage participation in and excitement for Harley's Centennial year. We asked you to:
1. Decorate a paper acorn or oak leaf. Draw on it, color it, or write a word or message that represents Harley to you. Here are samples we've received already!
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An acorn representing the Hartman family: Sara '61 and Peter, Mary '90, Chris '93 and Vicki '93, Sawyer '24,
and Quin '21 |
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| An oak leaf decorated by Elijah Hale '15 |
2. Hold a Harley Centennial picture frame around your face and take a "selfie." We have received over 40 so far and there is still time to send in yours! You can email it to [email protected], post in the Harley Alumni Facebook page, or tag us on Instagram at @harley1917.
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| Retired faculty member, Gail McGuire joining in the fun! |
3. Save the date and plan to join us for the 100th year anniversary celebration weekend in October. We have a fun-filled weekend planned. You won't want to miss a moment of it!
If you did not receive this mailing (it came in an envelope that looked like below) or you accidentaly recycled it, please let me know and I will send you a new one.
All of the "selfies" and the decorated acorn and oak leaves I have received are on the Harley School Alumni Facebook page. You can also click the links below to see videos of the selfies I have received so far. We are so thankful for all the participation
--please keep it coming!
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Alumni College Day
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Every year we invite our most recent graduates to come back to Harley and share their knowledge of "life after Harley" with our Upper School students. We had a great turnout this year and I know our students appreciated the advice and honesty from our alumni guests.
Some sage advice to our Upper School students:
--No question is off limits for a potential roommate.
--Make friends with upperclassmen, they can give you advice on safe places to go and places to avoid.
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The toughest adjustment from Harley to college is that at
Harley you are able to get feedback and ask questions to the teachers easily and quickly, it is not as easy at college, but it is good to make the connection.
--Regarding jobs and extracurriculars: Know your limits.
--Enjoy the person-to-person interactions. At college, your friends live in the same dorm or take the same classes. You'll still use social media, but you don't have to use it as much to keep in touch with each other.
Thank you to everyone who was able to come back!
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| Back row: Upper School Head, Larry Frye, John Papin '16, Quinn Kaufman '16, Patricia Garrett '16, Kelly Prister '16, Seeley Taylor '16, Rosie Gilroy '14, Gil Smolyak '16, Jack Gumina '15 Front row: College Counseling, Kim McDowell, Brighid Smith '16, Anna Baronos '16, Gail Sharpe '16, Ashley Sankowski '14, Ava Sauer '14, Nate Knauf '16, and Henry Smith '14 |
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Alumni in Action
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Shira Gabriel Klaiman '89
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Psychologist
Shira Gabriel Klaiman '89 was recently featured in a
New York Magazine article about "collective effervesence." Below is a small clip from the article. Click on the link to read more about this fascinating subject.
Belonging: Protests, Parties, and Sports Games All Fill the Same Human Need
by Drake Baer
Let's say you recently marched with 3.2 million people, celebrated a 108-year wait for a World Series, or raved deep into the night. The contagious euphoria you felt has a name: "collective effervescence," coined a century ago by the French sociologist Émile Durkheim. It's that glowy, giddy feeling where your sense of self slackens, yielding to a connection with your fellow, synchronized humans.
In an instance of sublime timing, I caught SUNY Buffalo psychologist Shira Gabriel's presentation about collective effervescence at the the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference on Saturday. According to her forthcoming research, these effervescent experiences fill the human need for belonging in a way that most social psychology research - so long preoccupied with couples, families, and small groups - has tended to overlook. It underscores how customs as ancient as pilgrimages and feast days, and modern as protests and pro sports, help people to lead happier, connected, and more personally meaningful lives...read more.
Deb Abowitz '77, Professor of Sociology, and
Mike Toole '79, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, kicked off Bucknell University's Faculty Colloquium series this semester by presenting work from their multi-year, multi-disciplinary research collaboration. They shared results of their research on "Prevention through Design" (PtD), an innovative safety management process. In PtD, architects and engineers explicitly consider the safety of construction and maintenance workers during the design phase. It sounds simple but is more controversial than one might expect. Their collaboration, funded by a NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) research grant, has produced three coauthored journal articles.
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Alumni Gathering
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The Harley Class of 2015 gathered in the Beckerman Center over their winter break.
Thank you
Kay Benjamin P '09, '15
for encouraging the parents and alumni to get together.
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| Standing: Helen Stern, Janae Perez Pherett, Alyssa Yudelson, Lia Danzig-Teck, Josh Frye, Amos Frye, Rory Bloechl, Jack Gumina, Jeffrey Sun, Nick Boyer, Andrew DeNatale, and Ben Pollino. Sitting: Sarah Fink, Jessica Richard, Kristina Benjamin, Allison Jordan, Malcolm Cochran, and Jordan Benjamin |
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| Left side: Kay Benjamin (Kristina and Jordan's mom), Priscilla Gumina (Jack's mom), Laura Autovino (Nick Boyer's grandma), and Selena Cochran (Malcolm's mom) Right side: Michael Yudelson (Cameron and Alyssa's dad), Staci Autovino-Kemp (Nick's mom), and Frank Pollino (Ben's dad) |
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The Class of 2016 also gathered in Beckerman in January. Thank you,
Seeley Taylor '16 for coordinating the class event!
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Tim Cosgrove, Elise Black, Quinn Kaufman, Paul Sullivan, and
David Titus |
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| Kelly Prister, Patricia Garrett, Elise Black, Dylan Wainwright, and Tim Cosgrove |
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| Paul Dalton '85, Liz Towler Menon '85, and Minnie Cho '85 got together over the holidays too. |
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A picture is worth 1000 words
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| Sam Gilbert '21, Kristina Benjamin '15, and Jack Gilbert '24 in 2010 at Kristina's 8th grade moving up ceremony. |
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| Jordan Benjamin '15, Kristina Benjamin '15, with Sam Gilbert '21, and Jack Gilbert '24 at Candlelight in December. |
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